Wagon-stanchion.



A. BAMELS. WAGON' STANCHION.

APPLICATION- FILED APR520. 1917..'

1,251,463., Patented Jan.1,191s.

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ARTHUR BARTELS, 0F WESTGATE, IOWA.

WAGON-STANCHION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 1, 1918.

Application filed April 20, 1917. Serial No. 163,521.

To all whom t may 0071067171.y

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BARTnLs, a citizen of the United Stat es,residing at .Vestgate, in the county of Fayette and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Wagon-Stanchion, of which the following is aspecification.

The subject of this invention is a wagon stanchion in which a supportingframe cooperates with a stanchion, and the objects of the invention are,first, to provide a stanchion supporting frame which may be readilyplaced in a wagon and removed therefrom, second, to provide a stanchionsupporting frame which may be quickly folded up when not in use, third,to provide a stanchion supporting frame which may be quickly assembledand disassembled, and fourth, to provide a simple and eliicientstanchion frame.

lV ith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimedt without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

One practical embodiment of my inven tion is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure l is a view in elevation of the device, aslight portion broken away to show the attaching means.

F ig. 2 is a plan view of the device showinothe same folded.

eferring to the drawings by numerals A base or flooring 1 is provided,which is formed of planks tied together at one end by a cross piece 2,to which the planks are bolted or otherwise secured. At the other end anangle iron 3 is secured transversely of the flooring 1. A rod 4 issecured, near each end of the angle iron 3, to the upstanding web, andeach rod is formed with an angled end in which an aperture is providedfor the reception of a key 5.

The frame consists of side uprights 6, connected at their upper ends bya cross piece 7, and braced bv the inclined pieces 8 which extendbetween each side piece and the cross piece, as shown. The various partsof this frame are preferably made of angle iron. In one web of each sidepiece 6, and near the bottom end, is provided an aperture for thereception of the angled end of rod l. This connection pivots the frameto the floor or base 1.

Secured at each side of the door or base, toward the end opposite thatat which the frame is pivoted, are rods 9 9, each of which is providedwith an angled end, apertured to receive a key 10. rl`he angled end ofeach rod 9 projects through an aperture formed in one end of an inclinedbrace or strut llkll, to the other end of each of which is secured anangled attaching lug 12 apertured to receive a key 13. Each lug 12projects through an opening formed at a medial point of each upright 6,and is detachably held in place by a key 13.

A stanchion, indicated generally at 16, is secured within the frame,preferably through chains 15 and 16. rlhe chain 15 has its end linksecured to the cross bar 7 by means of a bolt 17, or otherwise, whilethe chain 16 is detach-ably secured to the bar by means of a lug 1Swhich passes through its end link and which is formed to receive a key19, by wiich the link is retained in place.

In practice the device is used as follows z- The .frame is mounted inplace by passing the ends of angle rods l through the apertures formedin the lower ends ofthe uprights 6, and keys 5 are inserted to securethe frame in place. The lower end of the stanchion is then secured byplacing the end link of chain 16 over the lug 18 and securing the samein place bv the key 19. The struts 11 are positioned with their lowerends engaged by the rods 9, to which they are keyed by the keys 10, andthe lugs 12, at their upper ends, are inserted in the apertures formedin the uprights 6 for their reception. The keys 13 are then insertedrIhe neck of an animal may then be secured within the stanchion in theusual manner. `When not in use, the keys 13 may be withdrawn and thedevice folded, as seen most clearly in Fig. 2. ByY also withdrawing thekeys 5, 10 and 19 the device may be completely taken apart.

' aving described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letter Patent, is

1. A wagon stanchion, comprising a base, a frame pivoted to the base,and means for securing a stanchion within the frame.

2. A Wagon stanehon? comprising ay base, e flume pvoted to the base,struts pvoed to the base and detachably secured to the frame, and meansfof securing a stanehon .5 Within the frame.

3. A Wagon sta-nehon, comprising a. base, a 'frame detaehably secured tothe base, struts detaehably secured to the base and rame, and means 'forsecuring a stanchon 10 within the frame.

et. A Wagon Stanehon, comprising a base,

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a frame pvotally secured to the base, detachable means for securing theframe in an upright position? and means for securing u Stanchon withinthe frame.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy Signature n Jche presence of two Witnesses.

YARTHUR BARTELS.

W'tnesses H. NAUHOLZ, H. C. NAUHOLZ.

by addressing the Commissioner of .Patentm 'Vilanihingtonl D. G.

